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Overview <br />Strategies to manage parking in the <br />Town Center district employ the Urban <br />Land Institute's concept of Shared <br />Parking. This concept is based on the <br />prevalence of multiple-purpose trips in <br />mixed-use districts where people tend <br />to visit more than one land use during a <br />single trip. This park once and walk <br />behavior allows a single parking space <br />to serve several land uses and reduces <br />the amount of dedicated parking <br />required for each use. The concept also <br />recognizes that peak parking demands <br />occur for different land uses at different <br />times of day, which allows for sharing of <br />one space by multiple land uses. <br />The application of a shared parking <br />strategy in the Town Center district <br />incorporates the following criteria: <br /> <br />· A base level (floor) of parking is <br />provided to meet the average needs of <br />businesses and, for businesses that <br />require it, that base level of parking is <br />visibly associated to serve (some stores <br />need parking at'the front door) <br />· The additional parking needed to meet <br />the peak demands of businesses is. <br />provided in a series of parking <br />reservoirs that are shared among the <br />various users of the Town Center <br />district. <br />· Since the ratio of base parking to peak <br />parking varies with the sizes and types <br />of land use, parking space needs are <br />calculated for each subdistrict <br />separately and the needs of each <br />subdistrict are met through different <br />mixes of dedicated parking and shared <br />parking. <br /> · The shared parking reservoirs are <br /> provided in structures that are centrally <br /> located in each subdistrict so as to <br /> minimize walk distances and to enhance <br /> identification of the shared parking with <br /> the subdistrict. <br /> · Within each subdistrict, the mix of <br /> .long-term and short-term parking is <br /> adjusted to meet the demands of the <br /> users. Commuter parking for the transit <br /> <br />station and parking for the civic uses is <br />located adjacent to commercial uses that <br />higher evening demands so that the <br />spaces can accommodate the longer day <br />time parking needs of the transit users <br />and city employees. <br />· On-street parking is used to <br />accommodate shorter term parking <br />through the district and is included in the <br />overati supply of shared parking <br />· Where appropriate, uses that have <br />high demand and high turnover during <br />specific periods (restaurants and <br />conference space) shoutd use valet <br />parking in the shared spaces to both <br />enhance the user experience (by allowing <br />a front door drop off) and to maximize <br />the amount of parking to serve those <br />uses (valet operation temporarily <br />increases the supply of parking by using <br />less space per car than self parking). The <br />use of valet parking would be time <br />managed and only provided when peak <br />demands are present (weekend evenings <br />and event days). <br /> · Residential parking demand is parked <br /> in dedicated spaces attached to each <br /> building. On-street parking in the <br /> residential blocks is used to <br /> accommodate guest a~d visitor parking. <br /> <br /> <br />